Dublin is a fun city to visit, and a must if you're heading to Ireland. We always enjoy visiting, meeting the locals and of course, sampling some of the good stuff! By which I mean Guinness of course. In today's post, we're going to share with you our idea of how to spend 2 days in Dublin. We're going to cover many of our favourite sights, which include some of the best … [Read more...]
7 Day North Coast 500 Camping Itinerary
One of our favourite road trips in the UK is the North Coast 500 - a driving route that loops around the far north of Scotland, taking in fantastic scenery, gorgeous castles, and loads of attractions. It's rapidly becoming billed as one of the best road trips in the world, and for good reason! We've driven the route both ways a number of times, and have already shared some … [Read more...]
A 10 Day UK Trip Itinerary by Public Transport
In today's post I'm going to share with you a 10 day itinerary for a UK trip, specifically covering England and Scotland, which will let you visit and travel around the UK entirely by public transport, and in particular by bus or train. I have written a couple of posts giving detailed itineraries for the UK, but those are focused on self-drive trips. I’m often asked if they … [Read more...]
5 Days in Iceland: The Perfect Iceland Itinerary for Any Time of Year
Iceland has quickly become one of our favourite countries to explore. It has beautiful landscapes, stunning waterfalls (I love waterfalls!), warm thermal pools to bask in, and a fascinating history and culture. In this post, I'm going to share with you a suggested Iceland itinerary for 5 days in Iceland, which has you driving yourself on an epic Iceland road trip. Iceland is … [Read more...]
3 Days in Vienna: The Perfect Vienna Itinerary
We think that three days in Vienna is the perfect amount of time for a visit. Three days will let you see the majority of the main sights in this beautiful city that you're interested in, plus add in a few of the less well known attractions, without being too rushed. In this post, we're going to share with your our idea of the perfect itinerary for three days in Vienna. As … [Read more...]
Things to Do on the Isle of Wight
One of the nice things about being based in the UK is that we have had more time to do a lot more exploring of my home country. And one of the places that we’d both been wanting to visit for a while was the Isle of Wight, a relatively small island which sits just off the south coast of England, near the town of Southampton. Well, we finally made that happen. In today’s post, … [Read more...]
3 Days in Rome: The Perfect Rome Itinerary
Rome is easily one of our favourite cities in Europe. It is absolutely stuffed full of sights, with thousands of years of history layered upon itself – you’ll find everything here from Roman ruins to Renaissance art. It’s also home to fantastic food, the Vatican City and sights like the Trevi Fountain, the Coliseum and the Spanish Steps. Certainly 3 days in Rome is not … [Read more...]
2 Days In Glasgow and Loch Lomond – An Itinerary
Jess and I were recently invited to visit both Glasgow and the nearby national park called Loch Lomond & The Trossachs. Despite having been based in Edinburgh for over a year, we still hadn’t made it the short distance across to Scotland’s largest city, and we were keen to rectify this omission. The goal of the trip for me, as you can see from the post title, was to … [Read more...]
A 2 Day Vienna Itinerary
Jess and I have visited Vienna in Austria a number of times, and it's always a city that we are excited to visit. It’s a fantastic place for culture lovers, having played home to such icons as Mozart, Haydn, and Strauss. It was also the seat of the vast Habsburg empire, which for a time was one of the largest empires in the world. As you can imagine therefore, there’s quite … [Read more...]
3 Days in Barcelona: The Ultimate Barcelona Itinerary
Barcelona is one of Europe’s most popular cities for visitors, and one of our favourite cities too. There’s loads to see and do, from the incredible architecture of Anton Gaudí, through to museums, UNESCO world heritage sites, markets, delicious tapas – and even a beach. As you might imagine, it is not hard to fill your time when visiting Barcelona, even with three full days … [Read more...]
2 Days In Edinburgh: The Perfect Edinburgh Itinerary
Edinburgh is one of our favourite cities in the UK, and was where we called home for almost four years. Based on our experiences living in the city, I wanted to share our tips and ideas for what to get up to with 2 days in Edinburgh. We think two days is a great amount of time to spend in Edinburgh – perhaps as a weekend break in Scotland. It's also a great addition to a … [Read more...]
The Perfect USA Deep South Road Trip Itinerary
One of the trips in the US that we had always wanted to do was a "Deep South" road trip. We think the USA is the perfect country for road tripping in, and we’ve already done a number of road trips here, including iconic Route 66, the Pacific Coast Highway, and the Oregon Trail. The Deep South was a part of the USA that neither of us had fully explored, so we decided to spend … [Read more...]
A Two Week California Road Trip Itinerary
The United States is pretty much the perfect country to road trip in, with great roads, cheap gas and hundreds of gorgeous destinations to choose from. It's no wonder that a California road trip is on many visitors to-do lists! We’ve taken a number of fantastic US road trips, including Route 66, the Pacific Coast Highway, the Oregon Trail and a route through the Deep South, … [Read more...]
2 Weeks In Thailand: A Detailed Thailand Itinerary and Trip Planner
I’ve travelled extensively in Thailand, and it’s easily one of my favourite countries in Asia – the friendly people, the excellent food, the relaxed vibe all make for a fantastic country to travel in. I’ve written a great deal on Thailand already, but haven’t put together a suggested Thailand itinerary post, as I’ve done for other many other countries like Sri Lanka, the UK … [Read more...]
2 Days in London: The Perfect London Itinerary
In today’s post, I’m going to share with you everything that I would recommend to the first time visitor looking for a great two day London itinerary. This is not going to be a list of hidden gems, even though London has plenty of those. This is a list of all the places you’re going to want to visit on your first time to London – the iconic sights that you’ve seen in … [Read more...]
2 Days in Normandy: The D-Day Landing Beaches & Mont St. Michel
Despite living in France for three years, I didn’t do much sight seeing. So when the opportunity arose to spend 2 days in Normandy, visiting Mont St. Michel and the D-Day Landing beaches in the north-west of the country, we leapt at it. We didn’t have a great deal of time to play with as we were visiting my parents further south in France, but we gave ourselves a couple of … [Read more...]
A One Week UK Itinerary
Following on from my two week UK itinerary post, I wanted to put together a slightly shorter itinerary for those of you with less time, but who still wanted to explore more of the UK than the capital city. And so, I present, our suggested itinerary for one week in the UK. The idea of this 1 week UK itinerary is to take in some of the essential highlights of the UK, but … [Read more...]
The Best Things to Do in Savannah Georgia
As part of our five week road trip through the Deep South (first stop Charleston), we headed down to Savannah, the oldest city in Georgia, to see what there was to do. This, it turns out, was quite a lot! From our explorations, we've put together this post, which will give you plenty of ideas for things to do in Savannah. We actually spent five full days in the Savannah … [Read more...]
Things to do In Charleston SC on a Weekend Getaway
Charleston, South Carolina, is the perfect city for a short getaway. We think that 2 days in Charleston would give you enough time to see the majority of the highlights, sample some of the incredible food on offer and even take in some of the surrounding attractions. With this in mind, we've put together this guide to things to do in Charleston over 2 days. This itinerary … [Read more...]
2 Weeks in Sri Lanka: A Detailed Itinerary and Planning Guide
I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Sri Lanka a number of times, including a short trip and a number of longer trips. I was asked recently how I would recommend spending two weeks in Sri Lanka, and thought a nice long itinerary post would be the perfect answer. First though, let’s start by answering a few questions about Sri Lanka! Why should you visit Sri Lanka? The … [Read more...]
1 Day in Tallinn: Itinerary Ideas
We almost didn’t get to spend a day in Tallinn. Waking at 5.00am on a January morning in Helsinki, we looked outside to see flurries of snow and temperatures well below freezing. A thirty minute walk in the dark to the ferry terminal didn’t seem like a hugely appealing activity, particularly as neither of us had slept particularly well the night before, and the thought of … [Read more...]
The Ultimate New Zealand Road Trip Itinerary
I spent a very happy year living, working and road tripping around New Zealand, and in that time I got to see quite a fair bit of what this magnificent country has to offer. But what if you don’t have a year? What if you’ve got a more normal holiday period set aside for your trip, and you want to see as much of this phenomenally beautiful country as possible? Say… a … [Read more...]
A Day in Barcelona: The Perfect Itinerary
We've had the privilege of visiting Barcelona a number of times, and on each visit we see a whole host of wonderful sights. But what if you don’t have the luxury of multiple days in the city? What if you’re just passing through, and only have a day in Barcelona? Well, fear not. We think you can squeeze a lot of adventure and sight seeing into one day, from magic fountains to … [Read more...]
2 Weeks in the UK – My Perfect UK Trip Itinerary
I was recently asked for my recommendations for a two week UK itinerary, starting in London, and using a rental car as the transportation method. Further interests included castles, haunted things, and long walks on the beach (ok, I made the last one up). This sounded like the sort of challenge I could get my teeth into. I have, after all, spent a great deal of time living … [Read more...]
A Six Week Australia Itinerary From Sydney
In this post, the second on travelling to Australia for around six weeks, I propose an itinerary for travellers starting their adventure in Sydney. This is partly to answer a question posed to me recently by some friends who are doing this very thing, and secondly because I think it’s a fairly common trip to take. If you missed the first post, that one covers things to … [Read more...]